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BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
September 28, 2010
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Establishes the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission
RALEIGH—Gov. Perdue signed Executive Order 65 today, establishing the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission which will advise the Governor on the use of the Race to the Top funds and coordinate the use of these funds in order to implement the Career and College: Ready, Set, Go! Initiative across North Carolina.
“Part of my pledge for Ready, Set, Go! is that every student, no matter where he or she lives, will have access to a quality education. The Education Transformation Commission will help to coordinate and streamline efforts toward that goal,” said Perdue.
The Governor appointed Dr. Bill Harrison, chair of the State Board of Education, as Advisor to the Education Transformation Commission.
The other members of the commission are:

Lt. Governor Walter Dalton

June Atkinson, state superintendent

Alisa Chapman, associate vice president at UNC general administration

James Coon, superintendent of Pamlico County Schools

David Cooper, dean of the School of Medicine of Elon University

Ed Dunlap, executive director of the NCSBA

Albert Eckel, chair of NCBCE

Jennifer Facciolini, 2010-11 Teacher of the Year

BEVERLY EAVES PERDUE
GOVERNOR
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
20301 MAIL SERVICE CENTER • RALEIGH, NC 27699-0301
September 28, 2010
Contact: Chris Mackey
Office: (919) 733-5612
Gov. Perdue Establishes the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission
RALEIGH—Gov. Perdue signed Executive Order 65 today, establishing the Governor’s Education Transformation Commission which will advise the Governor on the use of the Race to the Top funds and coordinate the use of these funds in order to implement the Career and College: Ready, Set, Go! Initiative across North Carolina.
“Part of my pledge for Ready, Set, Go! is that every student, no matter where he or she lives, will have access to a quality education. The Education Transformation Commission will help to coordinate and streamline efforts toward that goal,” said Perdue.
The Governor appointed Dr. Bill Harrison, chair of the State Board of Education, as Advisor to the Education Transformation Commission.
The other members of the commission are:

Lt. Governor Walter Dalton

June Atkinson, state superintendent

Alisa Chapman, associate vice president at UNC general administration

James Coon, superintendent of Pamlico County Schools

David Cooper, dean of the School of Medicine of Elon University

Ed Dunlap, executive director of the NCSBA

Albert Eckel, chair of NCBCE

Jennifer Facciolini, 2010-11 Teacher of the Year